小编在阅读时遇到了这样一个精彩的句子：
The ancients thought that the sun moved around the earth, but from the time of Galileo it was known that the reverse is true.
古代人认为，太阳是围绕着地球旋转的，从伽利略时代起人们就已经知道地球是围绕太阳旋转的。
请看这里的the reverse仿佛犹如“乾坤大挪移”一样，把一切一下子转为相反的情况，真是绝了。
reverse /rɪˈvɜːrs/
v.
颠倒；使反转；撤销，废除(决定、法律等)；交换（位置或功能）；使完全相反；（使）倒退行驶；使次序颠倒；彻底转变；承认错误；打对方付费的电话
n.
背面；反面；损失；倒挡；后面；相反的情况(或事物)
adj.
反向的；相反的；背面的；反面的；后面的
动词用法
1. reverse+名词短语
颠倒；彻底转变；使完全相反；撤销，废除（决定、法律等）；使反转；使次序颠倒；交换（位置或功能）；承认错误；放弃（立场）
to reverse a procedure/process/trend
彻底改变程序 / 过程 / 趋势
They have made it clear they will not reverse the decision to increase prices.
他们已经明确表示不会更改提价的决定。
The government has failed to reverse the economic decline.
政府未能扭转经济滑坡的趋势。
This trend is being reversed.
这种倾向正在向相反的方向转变。
It is sometimes possible to arrest or reverse the disease.
有时可以阻止病情发展或使病情彻底好转。
The Court of Appeal reversed the decision.
上诉法庭撤销了这项裁决。
MPs hoped to reverse Britain's opt-out from the treaty.
国会议员希望推翻英国退出该条约的决定。
Writing is reversed in a mirror.
镜子里的字是反的。
You should reverse the order of these pages.
你该把这几页的顺序颠倒过来。
It felt as if we had reversed our roles of parent and child.
感觉就像我们父母和孩子交换了角色。
She used to work for me, but our situations are now reversed.
过去她为我工作，而现在我们的地位对调了。
He reversed the position of the two stamps.
他将两枚邮票的位置调换了一下。
He has reversed himself on a dozen issues.
他已经不再坚持自己在一系列问题上的立场。
Now reverse the car.
现在倒车。
He reversed around the corner.
他倒车转过拐角。
Practise reversing the car into the garage.
练习倒车入车库。
She reversed into a parking space.
她将车倒着开进停车位。
Another car reversed out of the drive.
另一辆车倒出了车道。
Caution! This truck is reversing.
小心！卡车在倒车。
I want to reverse the charges, please.
劳驾，我想打一个由受话人付费的电话。
名词用法
1. the reverse
[单数名词] 相反的情况（或事物）；后面；背面；反面
文章开始的例句就是。
This problem is the reverse of the previous one.
这个问题和上一个问题相反。
There is absolutely no evidence at all that spectators want longer cricket matches. Quite the reverse...
完全没有证据表明观众想看时间更长的板球比赛。情况恰恰相反。
Although I expected to enjoy living in the country, in fact the reverse is true .
尽管我原以为会喜欢乡村生活，但实际情况正好相反。
In the south, the reverse applies.
在南方，情况相反。
It wasn't easy to persuade her to come─ quite the reverse .
说服她过来不容易——实在太难了。
Cheques should be made payable to Country Living and your address written on the reverse.
支票抬头必须写“《乡村生活》杂志”，你的地址应写在背面。
2.倒挡
Put the car in/into reverse .（倒挡）
把汽车挂上倒挡。
3. 损失；失败 loss/defeat
4. （可数）损失；失败；倒退
It's clear that the party of the former Prime Minister has suffered a major reverse.
显然，前首相所在党派遭受了重大的挫折。
Property values have suffered another reverse.
房地产价值再次遭受损失。
a damaging political reverse
具有破坏性的政治倒退
5.短语
in reverse 反向；相反
The secret number is my phone number in reverse.
这个密码是我的电话号码的逆序排列。
Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies...
埃米斯以倒叙的方式讲述了这个故事，从这个男人死去的时候开始讲起。
We did a similar trip to you, but in reverse.
我们走了和你相似的旅程，但方向相反。
go/put sth into reverse（使）出现逆转，转化为对立面
In 2002 economic growth went into reverse.
2002年，经济增长发生了逆转。
The downward trend went into reverse and the scores started to creep up again.
比分下降的趋势发生逆转，分数又开始逐渐上升了。
形容词
1. 相反的；反面的；反向的
to travel in the reverse direction
向相反方向行进
The winners were announced in reverse order (= the person in the lowest place was announced first) .
获胜者是按逆序宣布的。
The experiment had the reverse effect to what was intended.
实验的结果与原来的意图相反。
The wrong attitude will have exactly the reverse effect.
错误的态度会产生完全相反的效果。
2. 背面的；反面的；后面的
Iron the garment on the reverse side.
这件衣服要从反面熨。
